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Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing in the FIA Press Conference. Formula One World Championship, Rd 12, Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying Day, Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, 31 July 2010
- FIA post-qualifying press conference - Hungary
- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:51:00 GMT - Drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 18.773s; 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 19.184s; 3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1m 19.987s Q: Sebastian, 100th Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing. A front row lock-out and a commanding performance from yourself in qualifying. Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, it was a very good day for us. All weekend here we felt very comfortable, from the first practice session onwards with the car. I think we were able to improve it again another bit overnight. I said on the radio to the boys 'this is your moment.' Mark and myself
- Five-place grid penalty for Kobayashi
- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:16:00 GMT - BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi has been handed a five-place grid penalty for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix by the Budapest race stewards, after he failed to enter the FIA garage to be weighed during qualifying on Saturday. During practice and qualifying cars are called in at random to be weighed to ensure that they comply with minimum weight requirements (620kg).
- Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:26:00 GMT - Virgin's Timo Glock on setting the pace for the new teams after qualifying 19th; reigning world champion Jenson Button on failing to make it through to Q3 for McLaren; and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on clinching his fourth consecutive pole position. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, review Saturday's action at the Hungaroring…
- Qualifying - Vettel eases to Budapest pole for Red Bull
- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:13:00 GMT - Sebastian Vettel was in a world of his own in qualifying as he thrust his Red Bull to a fastest time of 1m 18.773s, and his second-run lap of 1m 18.832s would have been sufficient to win him the pole too as team mate Mark Webber could not improve on his first effort of 1m 19.184s. The only man to get anywhere near the Australian was Fernando Alonso with 1m 19.987s for Ferrari, then there was a big gap to Felipe Massa on 1m 20.331s in the other Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton who achieved McLaren's dream with a top five time, 1m 20.499s.
- Final practice - Webber leads the Red Bull charge
- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:23:00 GMT - Mark Webber dominated the final session of practice prior to Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying, finishing the hour 0.484s ahead of Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel whose final three efforts to unseat him came up short. Webber's lap of 1m 19.574s struck terror into the hearts of rivals, and just to rub their noses in it, Vettel's lap of 1m 20.058s was itself seven-tenths clear of Fernando Alonso's 1m 20.724s for Ferrari...
- FIA Friday press conference - Hungary
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:56:00 GMT - Team principals: Eric Boullier (Renault), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Christian Horner (Red Bull) and Colin Kolles (HRT). Q: First of all, can we have a run-down of how things have gone today. Colin, would you like to start. Colin Kolles: Well, we had some technical issues but we managed to go through the programmes. I think that Sakon (Yamamoto) did a good job. He drove almost the same lap time as Bruno (Senna)...
- Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:23:00 GMT - The morning session may have been dominated by the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, but by the afternoon the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa had joined the fray at the front. The leading teams and their rivals reflect on their early progress in Budapest…
- Practice Two - Red Bulls split by Alonso
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:55:00 GMT - To begin with it was Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber who slogged it out for fastest time as the second free practice session got underway at the Hungaroring on Friday afternoon, but as the 90 minutes progressed Ferrari got into the act too, with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa posting fast times. In the end Vettel aced everyone with 1m 20.087s, which was 0.497s faster than Alonso's best of 1m 20.584s which just beat Webber's 1m 20.597s. Massa was fourth with 1m 20.986s.
- Practice One - Red Bull out in front in Hungary
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:52:00 GMT - Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber looked to be in a world of their own round the Hungaroring on Friday morning in the opening practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix. They traded fastest times a second clear of their closest rivals, and ended the 90-minute session with Vettel fractionally ahead with 1m 20.976s to 1m 21.106s...
- FIA Thursday press conference - Hungary
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:32:00 GMT - Drivers: Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus), Robert Kubica (Renault), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Sakon Yamamoto (HRT) Q: Robert, you regard this as your home race, don't you? Robert Kubica: Yeah, it is the closest race to Poland. Many fans are coming here. As there will not be a Polish Grand Prix I think Hungary we can call it my home race...
- Hungary preview quotes - Cosworth, Virgin, Ferrari, Force India & more
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMT - Hot on the heels of Hockenheim, the teams head straight to Budapest for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, the last race before the Formula One community takes a well-earned summer break. Drivers and senior team personnel discuss their prospects for the Hungaroring…
- FOA announces new Monaco Grand Prix deal
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:00 GMT - Bernard Ecclestone and Michel Boeri met today in London and have agreed to extend the contract between Formula One Administration Limited and Automobile Club de Monaco for a further 10 years. The next Monaco Grand Prix will take place on May 29, 2011...
- FIA press conference schedule - Hungary
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:00 GMT - A year on from his near-fatal accident at the Hungaroring, Felipe Massa is among the drivers facing the media in Thursday's conference, while on Friday his Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali will be just one of those fielding the questions…
- Unrepentant Ferrari target Hungarian success
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:58:00 GMT - They may be racing under the cloud of possible further sanctions from the FIA after their controversial one-two result in Germany, but Ferrari are determined to stay upbeat ahead of this weekend's Hungarian race...
- Further details about US F1 race announced
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:45:00 GMT - Tavo Hellmund, Managing Partner of Full Throttle Productions LP, has revealed Red McCombs as the primary investor for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix™ racing project. McCombs, a business and sports legend, is committing financial resources, experience and the business relationships of McCombs Partners to complement Hellmund and his extensive motorsports' background...